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Letter from X to the god Nanna (Q000594)
Literary, Old Babylonian, Uruk · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE
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| Designation | Letter from X to the god Nanna |
|---|---|
| ID | Q000594 |
| Language | Sumerian; Akkadian |
| Period | Old Babylonian · c. 1900 BCE–1600 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Uruk |
| Coordinates | 31.3234, 45.6395 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | {d}nanna dumu-saŋ {d}en-lil₂-la₂ šudu₃-de₃ ki aŋ₂-ra | Nanna, the daughter of Enlil, in order to bring sheep to the place of water |
| 2 | u₃-na-a-dug₄ | he did praise for him. |
| 3 | en iti₆ daŋal bur₂ men an uraš-a a-na be-lim ša ṣi₂-it wa-ar-hi-šu ra-bi-iš šu-pa-ru-ru a-ge-e ša-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tim | Lord of the moonlight, crowned with the crown of heaven and earth, to the lord who is his father-in-law, the great one, the one who erases the inscriptions of the heavens and the earth |
| 4 | en gal lu₂ til₃-til₃ ki aŋ₂-me-en a-a saŋ gig₂-ga be-lum ra-bu-u₂ ša a-we-lam bu-lu-ṭu₂ i-ra-mu a-bi ṣa-al-ma-at qa₂-qa₂-di-im | Great lord, you are the one who keeps the earth in good health, father who is sick, great lor[d], who loves the awe-inspiring radiance of the earth, |
| 5 | lugal šag₄-la₂ sug₄ si-il u₃ du₈ mu-un-zu-a a-na šar-ri-im re-me-ni-im ša ru-ma-am u₃ pa-ṭa-ra-am mu-du-u₂ | To the merciful king, who knows the way and the way, |
| 6 | diŋir arhuš sud šag₄ gur-ru a-ra-zu-e ŋiš tuku a-na i-lim re-me-ni-im ta-a-a-ri-im še-mi te-es₃-li-tim | (Sum) I am the one who is merciful to the merciful god (Akk) The one who loves mercy, the heart of reconciliation |
| 7 | u₃-ne-de₃-tah | he will remove it. |
| 8 | nam-en-na šu du₇ aga zid gur₃-ru-me-en be-lu-tam šu-uk-lu-lu a-ga-am ki-nam na-šu-u₂ | You are the perfect en priestess, bearing a true crown. |
| 9 | muš₃-me huš ulutim₂-ta nir-ra alan kug hi-li du₈-du₈ zi-mu ru-šu-tum bu-na-nu tu-ru-ṣu₂-tum la-nu-um el-lum ša x-du-u₂ | (Sum) We are the furious one, the fierce one from the distant past. (Akk) The fierce one, whose face is full of loveliness. |
| 10 | nam-mah-zu kur-kur-ra dul-la | Your greatness covers all the lands, |
| 11 | me-lem₄-zu an kug-ga šu₂-a ša-me-e el-lu-tim sa₃-ah-pu | Your radiance is pure heaven, the pure heavens are trembling |
| 12 | ni₂ gal-zu su zig₃ im-du₈-du₈ x X X ša-lu-ma-tam ma-lu | (Sum) Your great fearsomeness is shattered(?) (Akk) You are smitten by the fearsome ... |
| 13 | x kalam-e zag dib x i-na ma-tim šu-tu-uq | ... of the land ... in the land. |
| 14 | ud e₃-ta ud šu₂-uš-e za-e mah-me-en i-na ṣi₂-it ša-am-ši u₃ e-re-eb ša-am-ši at-ta-ma ṣi-ra-a-ti | At dawn, at dawn, you are supreme. At sunrise and at sunset, you (are) the stars |
| 15 | x an-šag₄-ta ma-ra-an-šum₂ an šu-zu-uš mu-un-ŋar x id-di-kum ša-me-e i-na qa₂-ti-ka X | (Sum) ... from the horizon ... (Akk) The ... of heaven ... your hand ... |
| 16 | an ki-bi-ta lugal-bi za-e-me-en nam-bi i₃-tar-re ša-me-e u₃ er-ṣe-tam be-el-šu-nu at-ta-ma ši-ma-ti-šu-nu ta-ši-a-am | You are its king. Its fate will be decided in heaven and earth. You are their lord, you are their offspring. |
Sources & licences
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
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